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CVE-2015-1194
pax 1:20140703 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.
Medium4.3EPSS 1.7%
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- mitre
Description
pax 1:20140703 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- [oss-security] 20150118 Re: CVE request: pigz, kgb, pax: directory traversal (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774716 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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